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Body language when talkingEye contact - Maintain eye contact with your listener. If you are speaking to a group of people, regularly move your vision across everyone so that the audience feels that you care about them. Facial expression - Ensure that your facial expression shows that you are engaged and passionate about what you are communicating. Hand gestures - Be careful about your hand gestures. Some gesturing can be helpful but too much can be distracting. Limit habits like playing with your hair and fidgeting. Posture - Ensure that your body posture communicates confidence, engagement and passion for what you are saying. If you slouch or seem disinterested, you will lose your audience’s attention as soon as you begin speaking.

Body language when listeningEye contact - In a Western context, maintaining eye contact with your listener or audience is acceptable and strongly encouraged. If you are not familiar with this from your own culture, try and practice this during your WIL experience.  Asking questions - The speaker expects you to ask questions if you do not understand rather than be silent as a mark of respect. In your WIL experience, do clarify any doubts you have by asking questions or seeking confirmation of what is being said. Nodding - It is also common in some cultures to nod when you are listening to someone. This may be misconstrued by the speaker that the listener understands what is being said. Therefore, only nod when you clearly understand what is being communicated.

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